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  • 2023
  • Utopia
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2023
  • Utopia
  • 1 h 41 m

Summary In 1964 two young men meet for the first time during a drugs bust at a house in Cambridge and after everyone else runs for the hills to avoid the police they are the only two people left to face the music. As a result of fate bringing them together, Aubrey ('Po') Powell and Storm Thorgerson become life-long friends and creative partners....

Directed By: Anton Corbijn

Written By: Trish D Chetty

  • 2023
  • Utopia
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2023
  • Utopia
  • 1 h 41 m

Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis)

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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Summary In 1964 two young men meet for the first time during a drugs bust at a house in Cambridge and after everyone else runs for the hills to avoid the police they are the only two people left to face the music. As a result of fate bringing them together, Aubrey ('Po') Powell and Storm Thorgerson become life-long friends and creative partners....

Directed By: Anton Corbijn

Written By: Trish D Chetty

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100
Jun 8, 2023
Squaring the Circle is a gripping true story told with towering visual panache.
By Kim Hughes FULL REVIEW
90
Jan 24, 2023
With Squaring The Circle, Anton Corbijn continues mining the musical past to celebrate his unsung heroes. In this case, he uses the documentary to explore artwork pioneers Hipgnosis, who made history with their innovative approach to album cover design.
By Martin Carr FULL REVIEW
80
Jul 16, 2023
Control director Anton Corbijn’s first documentary, Squaring the Circle (The Story of Hipgnosis), is a fascinating and suitably maverick snapshot of a richly creative moment in music history, told through a couple of disreputable hippies who designed some of the most iconic album covers of all time.
By Wendy Ide FULL REVIEW
80
Jun 15, 2023
Directing his first documentary feature, Corbijn, a longtime music photographer who made the Joy Division docudrama “Control,” is well suited to this material’s creative highs and human dimensions.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
78
Sep 16, 2022
A treat for anyone with a taste for rock, for rock imagery and for the glories that can be found in that piece of cardboard wrapped around a record. Anton Corbijn knows those glories well, so his movie’s got a good beat and a good look.
By Steve Pond FULL REVIEW
70
Jan 25, 2023
It's a standard talking head documentary with plenty of archival footage, as well as some cool, animated interstitials to introduce the album artwork being discussed. But it's the stories from the fathers (hell, they're even grandfathers now) of classic rock and roll, combined with insights from Hipgnosis, that make this a fascinating film.
By Ethan Anderton FULL REVIEW
60
Jun 7, 2023
Squaring the Circle is slick and enjoyable enough, but it is also, like the company it chronicles, something of a boutique item, and the reminiscences grow faintly monotonous after a while.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Raindog Films
Release Date Jun 7, 2023
Duration 1 h 41 m
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Awards

Cleveland International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
IndieLisboa International Independent Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Golden Trailer Awards
• 1 Nomination

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